The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1887-05-28
NATURES QUEEN.


OF love and poetry, the perfection OF
floral beauty. and with its dainty color
ing and exquisite fragrance. "the sweet
est flower full nature yields"
Poets Of all ages have sung the
praises of the rose. II has been woven
into crowns. heaped into beds, twined'n
to arbors, adorned the goblets devoted to
the festivals of Bacchus, as well as all
styles of sculpture. each beauty used
as an object of comparison with the
loveliest work Of nature. "As soft as
n rose-leaf,, "sweet as rose, ''rosy
cheeks" "rosy dawns." 'rosy clouds,
etc.
Solomon calls il sthe rose Of Sharon,
and Isaiah uses II in striking COM
parison. "Thc wilderness and solitary
place shall be glad for them, and the
desert shall rejoice and blossom as the
rose"
The Greeks dedicated roses to the
goddcss Aurora. and the Romans were
said to be passionatcly fond of them.
AS lato rs the sixteenth century they
were always placed over their confess
ionals as an emblem of strictest priya-
cy, accompanied by the motto sub rosa.
They were at great expense to procure
then, In the winter, and il Is said that
Nero spent 1000, 900 of sesterces( near-
Nv $l50.000) for roses at one supper.
while the Turks cannot bear that one
rosc-leaf should fall TO the ground. be-
cause many believe that the first rose
sprang from the blood of Venus.
At these fcasts OF roses, the flower OF
the great hall. or open-fronted "taiar, "
X spread in the middlewith roses, form
ing the figure of cypress trees. Roses
decorate all the candlesticks, which are
very numerous The surface Of the
.hawz," or reservoir Of water. Is com
pletcly covered with rose-leaves, rs
well as the principal walks leading to
the mansion.
III tie East. particularly in Persia,
the rose hourishes in great beauty
One of their most famous works Il
called THE Garden of roses" froa
which we gather. that every year fes-
,ival il held there, the Feast of the
Roses which lasts all the while they
are in bloom.
And all IL ecstasy now.
The valley holds It's feas. OF roses
That Joyous time when pleasures pour
Profusely round, and In their shower
Hearts open like seasons rose
There is no country In the worl,
where the rose grows In such perfec
,ion as Ia Persia. TIE gardens an,
courts are crowded by these plants
rooms are oramented with vases file,
with gathered branches. and every patl
eirewn with the full-blOwn flowers
And added 10 tho scent OF the roses !
the nightingnle's wild and beautifD
notes. which increase at the unfoldiu,
OF their favorito flowers. Tradition
says YOU may place n handful Of sweet
smelling herbs aud flowers before til
nightingale. yet in his constant heart h
only desires the rose.
although rich the spot,
With every flower this earth has got
What II it % the nightingale
II there his darling rose Il notF'
The hnest roses are all brough
from the East. where they are raise
in great quantities, as an article G
commerce. Ghaziporc may bc Gale
1.-THE roso-bcd OF India" For mile
about the town are continued garden
Of roses and the sight Is said to
dazzling carpet of mingled gree
and red, and the air laden with swec
est odors. which are waited far aoro'
the river Ganges This vast cultivatio
n for the manufacture of rose-wateI
which Is In such great demand. IN
colors range from the most dclical
pink to deepest crimson. purcst whit
"a a brilliant yellow, and though fadln